VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2022-1582
The External Links in New Window / New Tab WordPress plugin before 1.43 does not properly escape URLs it concatenates to onclick event handlers, which makes Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks possible.
MEDIUM 6.1EPSS 0.79%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.79%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The External Links in New Window / New Tab WordPress plugin before 1.43 does not properly escape URLs it concatenates to onclick event handlers, which makes Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks possible.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.79% probability · 54th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- webfactoryltd/external links in new window \/ new tab
- Source
- contact@wpscan.com
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/cbb75383-4351-4488-aaca-ddb0f6f120cdExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/cbb75383-4351-4488-aaca-ddb0f6f120cdExploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.